We used to play this game in college, identifying actual or theoretically attainable powers and heroizing them--e.g. Perfect Pitch Man. Never really got into wardrobe, though.
Tangentially, this reminds me of another favorite game (which may be culturally insensitive): Indian-Naming. Eats-with-his-fingers, etc. Even more tangentially, and sub-culturally, this reminds me of my big meditation retreat during my Official Buddhist days--at then end a bunch of us took refuge vows, wherein each was given a dharma name. Prior to the ceremony, there was some suspense about the naming--spectacular entertainment, after four weeks of sitting meditation. Everyone sort of deep down hopes they get an extra-special snowflake name and feels really sheepish for hoping this, after all that meditation. (It can't be helped--at the ceremony itself there was quite a bit of actual oohing and aahing when each name was read.) Anyway, it became a running gag to think up the worst-case scenarios: Endless Dharma Perverter, Ocean of Attachment, etc.
funny & awesome & scary & sad
Tangentially, this reminds me of another favorite game (which may be culturally insensitive): Indian-Naming. Eats-with-his-fingers, etc. Even more tangentially, and sub-culturally, this reminds me of my big meditation retreat during my Official Buddhist days--at then end a bunch of us took refuge vows, wherein each was given a dharma name. Prior to the ceremony, there was some suspense about the naming--spectacular entertainment, after four weeks of sitting meditation. Everyone sort of deep down hopes they get an extra-special snowflake name and feels really sheepish for hoping this, after all that meditation. (It can't be helped--at the ceremony itself there was quite a bit of actual oohing and aahing when each name was read.) Anyway, it became a running gag to think up the worst-case scenarios: Endless Dharma Perverter, Ocean of Attachment, etc.